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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmm ... I haven't
really paid a lot of attention to some of the ranting and raving going on
lately, but having a genealogy list of my own on Rootsweb (for the Cox surname)
I can say that it seems when the lists get very active, fights start. I
wonder why that is?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I love reading
Cecil's post and not just because he's a distant cousin of mine -- it's
entertaining! I get the list in digest form and if there is something in
*any* post that is not relevant to me or not interesting to read, I delete
it! I was also happy to see Aunt Charlotte's book come back (thanks Walt!)
-- I have the book on a disk that I got from Walt quite a few years ago but it's
still great reading and I'm glad new people to the list will get the pleasure of
reading it as well!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I rarely post on
this list, but I enjoy reading the obit reports from the Guard, since that is
where I grew up and often see people I know that have passed away that I might
not otherwise hear about. I enjoy that part too -- and often times, that
is the ONLY thing in the digest.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just making some
observations here and wondering why life has to be so danged serious all the
time and we all have to be so thin skinned at times to take these things so
personal? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok ... and since
this is a genealogy list, I think I'll post my Oregon cousins that I am always
on the look-out for:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kimsey -- came over
on the Simpson wagon train in 1846 (right Cecil? don't have my stuff in
front of me)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jones -- same wagon
train</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cox -- married a
Jones, from the Jones/Kimsey relationship</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finley -- Other side
of the tree, from the central and southern Oregon area. No idea when they
got here.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Haskins -- Married
into my Finley family</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then there are the
more recent (early-mid 1900's) mysteries: McCuen
& Mothersbaugh. I know a little about the McCuen but not a heck
of a lot about the Mothersbaugh other than my grandma married him in Bend in
1920.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK ... that's it for
now!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062133300-20022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Andi</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>